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Ivan has returned home after ten years away. Clay doesn't want to take up with Ivan again, but their son has him dealing with the man who left Clay. Dylan, a force of nature, has no difficulty taking to his biological father, Daddy-O, but Ivan knows he needs to prove to Clay and his son, he's home to stay. As Clay tries to save the Gulf of Mexico, and Senator McCallister keeps Clay busy appearing ...
Topics: Fiction, Family
In high school, John Dooley liked baseball. He wanted to play well. The idea he'd fall in love and that love followed him, no matter where the game took him, was a nice benefit. Going to college wasn't in his plan. College ball wasn't on his mind. John loved the game. He didn't see himself in the minors. No one knows where they're going to end up, but walking onto a big league diamond in uniform, ...
Topics: Fiction, Romance, College, Sportsmen, Love
"Louisville wants you!" Do has figured out that he can't work and play baseball, no matter how many men do. He loves the game, but if he's going to play, he needs to focus on the game. When it comes to sports, no one knows baseball players like the coach. While Do is ready to leave the game behind, it's not done with him yet. When he gets the call, he's off with his glove and his cleats, not ...
Topics: Fiction, Romance, College, Sportsmen, Love
John has returned for one more seaon of baseball. It was the only reason he stays in college. The game may be in his blood, but he can let go of it any time he likes. He hasn't yet. John is a good baseball player and his teammates want him as their captain. The foach sees John going as far as he wants to go, as long as he continues to enjoy playing the game. He hasn't tired of baseball or Andy, ...
Topics: Fiction, Romance, College, Sportsmen
Do has gone to college. He isn't sure he wants to continue playing baseball or concentrate on his studies. It's not an unusual intellectual exercise. Do can stop playing baseball if he wants, but he likes the game as much as he likes anything, but Andy.
Topics: Fiction, Romance, College, Sportsmen, Love
Andy and Do meet on an American baseball field. They play ball on and off the baseball diamond. As high school kids, being good means you play every day. Neither Do or Andy expect to play baseball after high school, but most high school kids don't have a sense of how talented they are. Do and Andy play ball, fall in love, and stay together, even when the game pulls them apart.
Topics: Fiction, Romance, Sportsmen, Family, Love
Taz and Kodak have come to Montana to punch cows. Taz helps the general clean up the town and sent the white brotherhood scattering. They don't like it and they send someonne to get Taz. As he fights for his life, the general sends for an army investigator to track the shooter down. McCoy goes about locating the guy and that's when all hell breaks loose. Taz & Kodak, book 3 of 3.
Topics: Fiction, Outdoor, Cowboy, Historical
Billie Joe ran away from home to find out what being gay meant. Once he found out that the street was no where for a kid, Billie Joe went home. If the streets were tough, returning to his tiny town was even tougher, because of where he'd been and what he'd done. Billie Joe has made friends, stuck it out, and graduated from high school. Now he wants to meet Carl and get on with his life, but ...
Topics: Fiction, College, Coming of Age
Billie Joe ran away from home to find out what being gay meant. Once he found out that the street was no where for a kid, Billie Joe went home. If the streets were tough, returning to his tiny town was even tougher, because of where he'd been and what he'd done. Billie Joe has made friends, stuck it out, and graduated from high school. Now he wants to meet Carl and get on with his life, but ...
Topics: Fiction, College, Coming of Age
Part 1, chapter 1 - 28 -- Clay has become a marine biologist. He is working to keep the Gulf of Mexico safe from pollution. His son Dylan is a handful. His duties at the Sanibel Island Conservancy, keep him busy. Ivan, the love of his life, has disappeared after he went to find his brother. As Clay gets on with his life, he's devoted to his profession and his son. He thinks he's weathered the ...
Topics: Fiction, Romance, Love
Part 2, chapter 19 - 36. Clay has become a marine biologist. He is working to keep the Gulf of Mexico safe from pollution. His son Dylan is a handful. His duties at the Sanibel Island Conservancy, keep him busy. Ivan, the love of his life, has disappeared after he went to find his brother. As Clay gets on with his life, he's devoted to his profession and his son. He thinks he's weathered the ...
Topics: Fiction, Romance
When we left our heroes in book 1, Taz & Kodak, they were being put on a plane that would take them to Gen. Walker's Montana cattle ranch to cool out. Taz has gone to pieces after sitting with a soldier wounded in Vietnam. Taz's wounds aren't visible. He's a hero and a fighting fool who came home from the war, but like many men, he only appeared to come home from war. The war is still alive ...
Topics: Fiction
My 16th Year, Billie Joe's Journey, book 2 After going to San Francisco in an effort to find out what it means to be gay, Billie Joe has returned home. There are rumors and questions about where he's been and what has he done. When one of his classmates gets the word from his mother, 'He came to be tested for AIDS.' Billie Joe finds out how hard it is to come home again.
Topics: Fiction, Friends, Bullies, High School
Chapter 11 - 22. Billie Joe Walker has lost his best friend. It comes down to him being gay and afraid to come out. Billie Joe knows that he has to come out now. He not only intends to come out, he has a plan to go visit his brother and use that to cover him running away. He is going to find other boys like himself and he thinks he knows right where to find them, but he doesn't know the kind of ...
Topics: Fiction, Coming Out, Hitchhiking
Billie Joe Walker has lost his best friend. It comes down to him being gay and afraid to come out. Billie Joe knows that he has to come out now. He not only intends to come out, he has a plan to go visit his brother and use that to cover him running away. He is going to find other boys like himself and he thinks he knows right where to find them, but he doesn't know the kind of danger he's ...
Topics: Fiction, Coming Out, Hitchhiking
When you discover love, you may feel a little like you've been hit with a brick. If it's true love, you can't wait to get hit again. It's hard to explain, but when someone comes to matter more to you than you matter to yourself, you may be in love. Seeing Greg the first time, I couldn't take my eyes off him. He seemed disinterested when he walked away. I watched how he moved. He turned to catch ...
Topics: Fiction, Romance, First Time
When you discover love, you may feel a little like you've been hit with a brick. If it's true love, you can't wait to get hit again. It's hard to explain, but when someone comes to matter more to you than you matter to yourself, you may be in love. Seeing Greg the first time, I couldn't take my eyes off him. He seemed disinterested when he walked away. I watched how he moved. He turned to catch ...
Topics: Fiction, Romance, First Time
When you discover love, you may feel a little like you've been hit with a brick. If it's true love, you can't wait to get hit again. It's hard to explain, but when someone comes to matter more to you than you matter to yourself, you may be in love. Seeing Greg the first time, I couldn't take my eyes off him. He seemed disinterested when he walked away. I watched how he moved. He turned to catch ...
Topics: Fiction, Romance, First Time
When you discover love, you may feel a little like you've been hit with a brick. If it's true love, you can't wait to get hit again. It's hard to explain, but when someone comes to matter more to you than you matter to yourself, you may be in love. Seeing Greg the first time, I couldn't take my eyes off him. He seemed disinterested when he walked away. I watched how he moved. He turned to catch ...
Topics: Fiction, Romance, First Time
When you discover love, you may feel a little like you've been hit with a brick. If it's true love, you can't wait to get hit again. It's hard to explain, but when someone comes to matter more to you than you matter to yourself, you may be in love. Seeing Greg the first time, I couldn't take my eyes off him. He seemed disinterested when he walked away. I watched how he moved. He turned to catch ...
Topics: Fiction, Romance, First Time
When you discover love, you may feel a little like you've been hit with a brick. If it's true love, you can't wait to get hit again. It's hard to explain, but when someone comes to matter more to you than you matter to yourself, you may be in love. Seeing Greg the first time, I couldn't take my eyes off him. He seemed disinterested when he walked away. I watched how he moved. He turned to catch ...
Topics: Fiction, Romance, First Time, Love
Z lives in the Northeast. He's been California dreaming all his life. He listens to the Beach Boys and dreams of being a surfer. He dreams of having surfer boys in his bed. When his father takes a new job, Z, Zane, is given the option to go or stay behind for his senior year of high school, his father is transferring to Southern California. Try to kee Z on the East Coast. Not happening! His ...
Topics: Fiction, Friends, Coming Out, Twink
Z lives in the Northeast. He's been California dreaming all his life. He listens to the Beach Boys and dreams of being a surfer. He dreams of having surfer boys in his bed. When his father takes a new job, Z, Zane, is given the option to go or stay behind for his senior year of high school, his father is transferring to Southern California. Try to kee Z on the East Coast. Not happening! His ...
Topics: Fiction, Friends, Coming Out, Coming of Age
Men who have come back from war often think that helping others can help their recovery. When they find an add about Mama's Kitchen, they decide to offer to help any way they can. These two soldiers are always careful picking friends.
Topics: Fiction, Friends
Grant High has never won the championship. Their star quarterback blows out his knee. The coach is pulling his hair out. For the first time he's in a position to win it all, and he has no quarterback. Well, he has Bonner. He's five foot nothing and hasn't taken a snap all year. It is what it is, but when he puts Bonner in, magic happens. He can still win the championship. That's if no one looks ...
Topics: Fiction, College, Coach, Sportsmen, Footballer, No Sex
Chapter 1-12: What do you get when you take an attorney, Dury, introduce a chef and vagabond, Keith. Put them in the same park at the same time.. Add a dash of compassion, a teaspoon of empathy, and you might get an ideal place for people who are tired of the rat race. You might get Pleasant Valley. Isn't it weird what two strangers can come up with over a tuna sandwich big enough for both of ...
Topics: Fiction, Friends, Relationship
Chapter 13-22: What do you get when you take an attorney, Dury, introduce a chef and vagabond, Keith. Put them in the same park at the same time.. Add a dash of compassion, a teaspoon of empathy, and you might get an ideal place for people who are tired of the rat race. You might get Pleasant Valley. Isn't it weird what two strangers can come up with over a tuna sandwich big enough for both of ...
Glenn is hell on wheels. Gordo can't stand the arrogant prick. He's in love with him. Could the difficult Glenn be hiding a creative tender side? Gordo goes to his house. Waiting for Glenn, he hears the most incredible violin music ever. Going in search of the sound, he finds Glenn in his boxers, playing away. Love has never been so grand. Who is Glenn anyway? He ain't no ordinary kid.
Topics: Fiction, Romance
Glenn is hell on wheels. Gordo can't stand the arrogant prick. He's in love with him. Could the difficult Glenn be hiding a creative tender side? Gordo goes to his house. Waiting for Glenn, he hears the most incredible violin music ever. Going in search of the sound, he finds Glenn in his boxers, playing away. Love has never been so grand. Who is Glenn anyway? He ain't no ordinary kid.
Topics: Fiction, Romance
Glenn is hell on wheels. Gordo can't stand the arrogant prick. He's in love with him. Could the difficult Glenn be hiding a creative tender side? Gordo goes to his house. Waiting for Glenn, he hears the most incredible violin music ever. Going in search of the sound, he finds Glenn in his boxers, playing away. Love has never been so grand. Who is Glenn anyway? He ain't no ordinary kid.
Topics: Fiction, Romance, Coming of Age